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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III — 2. 



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A POEM, 



BY ABRAHAM ROBINSON, 



Still must I on ; for I am as a weed, 

Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail 

Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's hreath prerail. 

Ohilde Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III — 2. 



BUENOS AYRES 

PRINTED A.T THE MERCANTILE GAZETTE OFFICE 
1848. 



Sfot in the futile hope applause to gain 

rroa Critic stern for this his slender song, 
Nor seekipg honors with ambition vain, 

Which to the Poet's sacred name belong ;• . 
Does he th' unskilful framer of this lay, 
Its falt'ring numbers to the world display, 

He aims alone to offer to the view. 

Tho' weak his verse, and all unapt his hand 1 ,. 
Some penciled rays from Nature's mirror true, 

Which meet th' enraptured gaze, in ev'ry lan< 
- " 11 who con, ; neath varying sky and clime. 
Those words of light— Creation's p« 



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EAST AND WEST. 



Canto the First. 



I. 

Urg'd by the love of novelty and change, 
And anxious distant regions to explore, 

To Eastern climes and realms intent to range, 
An humble Vand'rer 5 left the British shore ; 

The while deep sorrow fill'd his youthful mind 

For those dear friends whom he had left behind, 

II. 

t 

Land ! 'tis a glad and soul-exciting cry, 

Which falls with sweetest cadence on the ear 

When the loud voice of seaman perch'd on high, 
Thus indicates the wish'd-for haven near ; 

What varied feelings in our minds arise, 

Of scenes and objects new to meet the eyes. 



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III. 

Slowly from out the deep those peaks emerge, 
Which first to view St. Helen's isle disclose. 

And as the onward vessel breasts the surge, 

More clear defined each crest and valley grows ; 

Until we gaze upon that rock-bound shore, 

Which has for Ages braved the Ocean's roar, 

IV. 

Here ceased the beatings of that mighty heart, 

Whose throbbing pulse so late convuls'd the world ; 

Here bow'd submissive to Death's ruthless dart, 
The modern Cassar from his Empire hurl'd ; 

Here, past th' effulgence of its transient gleam, 

Closed the vain promptings of Ambition's dream; 

V. 

And who has e'er beheld the humble grave, 
Who stood beside the lone, secluded spot 

Where the twin sympathizing willows wave 
O'er one whose deeds will never be forgot : 

And has not paid at least a mental tear, 

And own'd the vanity of all things here? 

VI. 

Yet strange to tell the Hero's senseless clay, 

When placed within the dark and narrow tomb. 

Had still another glorious part to play, 

Before it should receive the final doom ; 

Two mighty nations view'd it as the gage, 

That future wars should ne'er betwixt them rage. 



VII. 

Thus may it be — may their fierce contests cease. 
Their bands no longer meet in angry war, 

And may this prove the "calumet" of peace. 
The harbinger of contests diff'rent far; 

Henceforth may each her views and pow'r direct, 

The gen'ral spread of Knowledge to effect. 

VIII. 

Striking the fetters from the tortur'd slave ; 

Bearing the arts of Industry to lands, 
Whose earnest cry heard o'er the distant wave, 

Invites assistance at their brethren's hands; 
And by the gen'ral spread of Reason's ray, 
Chasing the mists of Ignorance away. 

IX. 

Tow'rds the cold South our onward course We steer, 
Borne on the pinions of the brisk Trade-wind, 

And soon da Gama's well-known Cape we near, 
And shortly leave its dang'rous seas behind ; 

That Cape in other days styled "Cape of Storms", 

Though now "Good Hope" its milder title forms. 

X. 

O Africa ! for Ages 'neath the "ban" 

Of Wrong and Rapine, thy pestif'rous clime 

Has prov'd the field where fierce, rapacious Man 

Has sow'd the seed, and reap'd the fruit of crime : 

And whence, his sordid baseness to unfold, 

His fellow. Man he pluck'dto sell for gold. 



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XI. 

Shame on our dastard race ! that crimson stain 
Not years of penitence will wash away, 

And leave th' ensanguin'd "pale-face" white again ; 
The European, boasting that his clay, 

Possessing virtues which the Negroes lack, 

Confers some right to lash each dusky back. 

XII. 

Yet let me joy to think that one at least 

Amongst the Nations, will no more agree 

To level reas'ning Man with savage beast, 

And has declared the injured Negro FREE ; 

Proclaim'd that bondsmen shall no more be seen, 

In all the countries ruled by Britain's Queen. 

XIII. 

Thanks be to God for this example giv'n 

Before the op'ning eyes of all the world ; 
Henceforth all other nations will be driv'n 

To follow Freedom's banner thus unfurl'd ; 
And though a little space the slave may bleed, 
Ere long the bright example must succeed. 

XIV. 

Obedient to a fresh and fair Monsoon, 

Our vessel's prow the curling seas divides, 

And ere Sol's course has thrice proclaim'd it Noon, 
Thro' Mozambique's canal she swiftly glides ; 

Yet a brief space— and to our anxious gaze, 

Bombay its crowded, bustling mart displays. 



XV. 

But hark ! a gun fired from that schooner near, 
Does with a stunning sense our breasts imbue, 

As when some sad catastrophe we fear ; 

Alas ! our worst conjectures prove too true 

Before the fatal impulse of that ball, 

One of the best of men was doom'd to fall- 

XVI. 

Peace to his mem'ry ! not a manly breast, 

Which whilst he breath'd his gen'rous feelings knew, 
But has since then unto itself confess'd 

In silent grief, that never heart more true 
Sent through the tortuous veins its crimson tide, 
Than his who on that day untimely died. 

XVII. 

Not many are the spots on this our Earth, 
Where it is given at one view to scan, 
So many who by common right of birth, 

Claim kindred as the family of Man, 
Yet differ each from each, as at this port, 
By Commerce made a place of great resort. 

XVIII. 

The shrewd tho' staid Parsee ; the Gentoo mi id ; 

The pale-faced Arab ; and of course the Jew ; 
The son of China ; Nubia's swarthy child ; 

Malay ; Armenian ; and a motley crew 
From Europe's distant climes; with many more, 
Whom love of gain impels to seek this shore. 



XIX. 

Amidst this varied throng, whose common aim 

Is that of barter, it were hard to trace 
Those whose good deeds demand a prior claim 

To mention o'er the peaceful Parseerace ; 
Since to these shores a persecution dire, 
Compell'd these ancient worshippers of fire, 

XX. 

Endow'd by Nature with a lib'ral mind, 

Which prompts them foremost in each gen'rous deed. 
For active enterprise we shall Lot find 

In any country who may them exceed ; 
Whilst 'neath our rule by peaceful Commerce thrive 
These valued members of the social hive. 

XXL 
The merits of the Parsee race with pride 

I do in this my slender verse record ; 
But would not have the meek Gentoos decried, 

Nor hesitate to them my praise t' accord ; 
For they a rule of conduct oft observe, 
Which Christians preach, yet from its precepts swerve. 

XXII. 
Full oft when drought or locusts' busy wing, 

Has pinch'd through India's plains the crop of rice, 
And singly or together work'd to bring 

This food so needful to a famine price; 
The rich Gentoo fails not to ope his store. 
And feed the thousands who surround his door. 



XXIII. 

Go and do likewise thou who boast'st thyself 
The foll'wer of a Saviour meek and mild, 

Grudge not some portion of thy hoarded pelf, 
To save from want and ruin Mis'ry's child ; 

Shall the Gentoo the sole right reader be 

Of "Do as thou wouldst men should do to thee." 

XXIV. 

Its wooded peaks from Bombay's island seen, 
And within hearing of the sparkling waves, 

Which fall with gentle murmur near' its Green, 
Stands Elephanta with its far-famed caves ; 

The wondrous fruits of hard and patient toil, 

When men of diff'rent mould possess'd this soil. 

XXV. 

Struck by the giant nature of the task, 

Whilst round these caves our curious gaze we bend. 
We laud the sculptors, but proceed to ask 

)} To what good purpose did their labours tend ?» 
And quit the temples with a heavy sigh, 
That Man should thus his talents misapply. 

XXVI. 

The East ! what magic charms invest that word, 
Visions of fairy climes and regions bright ; 

Alas ! those fabled lands too oft afford 

Objects of woe to pain the aching sight, 

Pictures from which we turn with deep disgust, 

Stain'd with the odious tints of blood and lust. 



XXVII. , 
And yet they are by Nature beauteous lands, 

By Nature's aid in gorgeous garments clad, 
When first they left The Great Creator's hands, 

They nothing lack'd to make the spirit glad ; 
The moral contrast which they give to view, 
To fierce and ruthless Man alone is due. 

XXVIII. 

India ! thy sky is bright, thy fertile soil 

Well fitted ev'ry object to produce, 
(And that at very little cost of toil) 

Which may to use or luxury conduce ; 
Wiihin thy spicy groves, upon thy plains, 
And 'neath thy soil, what rich profusion reigns. 

XXIX. 

With finny tribes thy rapid rivers teem, 

What realms with thine for luscious fruits can vie ! 
The hues prismatic of Sol's ardent beam, 

Tint ev'ry object there with magic dye; 
And yet not all — to mar the beauteous plan, 
Appears that master-piece of Nature—Man. 

XXX. 
Here Superstition rears her hideous head, 

Whilst humble slaves before her loot-stool bend, 
And by her dev'lish rites in bondage led, 

Their abject limbs to cruel tortures lend ; 
Here infant widows as a boon aspire, 
To end their op'ning lives upon the ^pyre.* 



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XXXI. 

Here deep designing men for Ages past, 

Unto the list'ning multitude have taught 

The base, ignoble theory of "caste", 

And thus enchain'd the faculty of Thought ; 

That noble gift, whose usage laid aside, 

Where were the bounds which Man from brute divide. 

XXXII. 

Here Pest and Famine stalk from time to time 

With conq'ring feet throughout the prostrate land, 
Here foul Infanticide, that monstrous' crime, 

Arms 'gainst her offspring's life the mother's hand, . 
Here, notwithstanding Britain's righteous aims, 
Domestic slav'ry still its victims claims. 

XXXIII. 

And can we not perchance afford to view 

Some gladd'ning facts these horrors to redeem, 

Must all be tinted of a "sombre" hue, 

No cheering lights upon the picture gleam 1 

Yes, thanks to God, though late Great Britain brings 

Some pow'r to bear to change this state of things. 

XXXIV. 

Bentinck ! be thy philanthropy revered 

By all the Earth unto the end of Time, 

Thy honor'd name to all the good endear'd, 

Since thou didst lay the axe to one foul crime, 

Branding the mad "suttee" with Britain's "ban", 

And shielding thus the tender slave of Man. 



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XXXV. 

Amongst those statesmen who have held command 
With deathless fame o'er India's torrid soil, 

(And num'rous those who for their native land 
Have fill'd with great eclat that post of toil) 

'Gainst arduous obstacles compell'd to strive, 

Let not his country fail to think on Clive. 

XXXVI. 

Did not his plans the first foundation lay 
Of that extended pow'r which we enjoy 

In India's realms ? — and was it to repay 

His gen'rous toils they treated to destroy 

That dearest part of Man his spotless fame 1 

Thank God they could not soil Clive 's glorious name. 

XXXVIL 

As yet, alas ! through fields of crimson blood 
Our onward path in India has been trod., 

Thus far in lieu of ministers of good, 

As conq'rors we have grasp'd th' avenging rod, 

War following war we scarce could time afford 

To heal those wounds inflicted by the sword. 

XXXVIII. 

From vict'ry on to vict'ry marching still, 

Before our pow'r the sternest chiefs have bow'd : 

Must we not recognise some Sov'reign Will, 

Which has to us such mark'd success allow'd. 

And own that we those mighty realms direct, 

Some wise improvements in their state t' effect. 



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XXXIX. 

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And since our country distant half the globe, 
Does o'er the fate of India arbitrate, 

Her kings depose, her rankling evils probe, 
And for her countless millions legislate ; 

Shall we debase the lion's lordly paw, 

Solely to furnish Mammon's hungry jaw ? 

XL. 

! let us not the narrow ground maintain, 

That Commerce has unlock'd this golden mart, 

Merely to satisfy the thirst of gain, 

And to our well-lov'd country wealth impart ; 

Here, as elsewhere, she only forms the M van )> , 

To lead to action vain and selfish Man. 

XLI. 

To lead — that so Improvement's fleet may take 
Their sev'ral stations 'gainst the common foe 

Hight Ignorance, his strongest bulwarks shake, 
And from the base his monstrous rule o'erthrow 

If not our wondrous pow'r so firm to-day. 

Will like a gaudy vision pass away. 

XLII. 

Away Despair ! to that of stubborn steel 

Will soon succeed the sway of righteous laws, 

Monopoly o'erthrown we now can feel 

A common int'rest in wide India's cause, 

And though we've shed Pandora's box of ills 

Throughout her bounds, Hope still her station fills, 



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XLI1I. 

And who that harbours in his gen'rous breast 

A wish to benefit our common kind, 
Is not with earnest, heartfelt wish impress'd, 

That Britain's measures may be so combined,, 
That taught to love our rule — not fear our rod — 
All India's tribes may worship India's God. 

XLIV. 

Away Despair ! to India's realms we now 

Through routes long laid aside our pathway trace, 

Thanks to our Watt the steamer's rushing prow 
Annihilates for us both Time and Space, 

And offers to our view to prompt our zeal, 

A mighty pow'r for working India's weal. 

XLV. 

Away Despair ! a change begins to work 
Throughout society o'er India's land, 

Beneath its surface blest improvements lurk, 

Which stubborn prejudice will scarce withstand; 

Amongst the wealthy natives some at last 

Have torn and from them thrown the veil of »caste. }> 

XL VI. 

Thus has a breach been form'd in that great wall, 
Which did from us our fellow. men divide, 

And one by one may all its ramparts fall, 

Its odious tow'rs of strength be cast aside, 

Its citadels by constant efforts storm'd, 

And o'er their dust Improvement's pathway form'd. 



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XL VII. 

Low are thy hot and sickly coasts, Bengal, 
So much so that the voy'ger's eye descries 

The spreading top of many a palm-tree tall, 

Ere the white sandy beach salutes his eyes,; 

And half reveal'd their stems gigantic stand, 

Before he well discerns the neighb'ring strand. 

XL VIII. 

Confused and intricate those channels are, 

Which form the entrance to the Hooghly's stream, 

Whose current flows o'er many a dang'rous bar, 
Which to avoid a hopeless task might seem, 

Were't not that skilful pilots means provide, 

Through Safety's path th' arriving ship to guide. 

XLIX. 

And still the river's mud-form'd banks are low, 
And still its panorama dull and drear, 

And weary of its tedious length you grow 

Before Calcutta's masts and spires appear ; 

Yet here I would retract, and not impeach 

The beauty of thy prospect — Garden Reach, 

L. 

Around our boat the shades of ev'ning fell, 

When first on Garden Reach I flx'd my gaze, 

And few I ween the landscapes which excel 

The striking beauties which that scene displays ; 

Paint to your mind a Tropic ev'ning warm, 

A noble river sleeping in a calm : — 



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LI. 

T' adorn its verdant banks, on either hand 

Shaded by trees and carpeted with flow'rs> 

Design some villas picturesque which stand 

Beyond green lawns and back'd by shady bow'rs f 

Some birds of brilliant plumage now select, 

And let the glassy stream their hues reflect. 

LII. 

Vary the hour — and let a lustrous Moon 

Upon your picture shed her mellow light, 

(Though hot and fierce the scorching glare of Noon, 
How cool and chaste these liquid beams of Night) 

Now make your choice — Sol takes your heart by storm. 

Whilst Luna does the suppliant's part perform. 

LIIL 

Two objects eloquent of Britain's rule 

Here stand to beautify the Hooghly r s banks, 

The » Grounds Botanic" and the " Hindu School,* 
For both of which the learned owe their thanks ; 

And ere these things have faded from your gaze, 

The Capital its roofs and spires displays. 

LIV. 

And since it seems to me that in the "van"' 

Of things terrestrial which our thoughts deserve, 

The »polyglot» and "folio" book of Man 

E'er claims the foremost station to preserve ; 

I would a few lame stanzas here devote, 

Seme words from out its page ^Bengal* to quote. 



LV. 

A race of men more patient, humble, meek, 

Than are the natives of Bengal's wide plains, 

In vain we should through Earth's wide confines seek, 
'Midst all the millions whom her soil sustains ; 

Though — with no wish their merits to decry — » 

Their mental gifts are not of order high. 

LVI. 

But stating this I would be understood 

To argue in a gen'ral sense alone, 
And not t' assert the rule holds always good, 

Or that exceptions bright may not be shown ; 
Such falsely form'd opinions to destroy, 
I only need to mention Rammohun Roy .' 

LVIL 

And then the level district only fills 

A given portion of the country's space, 

And well 'tis known the natives of the hills 

Have proved themselves a widely different race ; 

The enterprising courage which we find 

'Midst them declares them of superior mind. 

LVIII. 

And can we wonder that the former race 

Of Degradation's cup have freely drunk, 

When from remotest Ages we can trace 

That superstitious s'eep in which they're sunk, 

Whilst conq'ring feet so oft these realms have trody 

And used at will Oppression's iron rod. 



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LIX. 

That superstitious s^ep !— and dense I fear 
Is the impervious veil which hoods the eyes 

\nd screens the Truth from countless millions here:; 
For India offers scenes which cause surprise 

How Craft and Cunning should so far debase 

These fellow members of the human race. 

LX. 

List to that shout ! — that strange, unearthly sound, 
Whose maniac fierceness pierced your inmost ear,; 

Whence came that fearful cry ? — turn quickly round. 
That form, scarce human, is a poor •Fakeer'* ; 

Reason no more illumes his feeble brain, 

O'er which th' usurper Instinct now does reign. 

LXL 

His stiff and wither'd arm o'ertops his head, 
And from that posture never can descend. 

For many years that limb has now been dead, 
No efforts could its bones and nerves unbend-; 

White ashes o'er his prostrate form are thrown, 

And thus for by-gone sins he trusts t' atone. 

LXII. 

What form is that o'er which we almost strode.. 
And which persists in endless turns t® roll 

Along the surface of the dusty road ? 

O God ! it is a man with deathless soul ;— » 

How shall we this strange fantasy explain? 

fie trusts by this immortal bliss to gain. 



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LXIII. 

For many years on each succeeding day 

He has been known along this road to glide. 

Thus prone extended on Earth's sister clay, 

To reach and lave himself in Hooghly's tide ; 

He would not (can he now ?) or stand or sit, 

Or for the world that grov'lling posture quit. 

LXIV. 

What spectacle is yon which seems t' engage 
The wrapt attention of each human eye, 

What mean this countless throng— this wooden stage— 
And what that loudly-raised applauding cry 1 

Approach not nearer — hence you may behold 

A sight to make the quick'ning blood run cold. 

LXV. 

Encircled by that seeming human ring, 

The priests attendant on these rites prepare 

By ropes suspended from that pole to swing 
A living human form in middle air, 

And pointed hooks — nay doubt me not — 'tis true — 

Will pierce his tortured body through and through. 

LXVI. 

The City to portray does not comport 

With my design, although I can declare 

The English quarter handsome, and the Fort 

For strength and grandeur not surpass'd elsewhere; 

I merely have in view to name one spot, 

The scene of sufferings ne'er to be forgot. 



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LXVII. 

I make allusion to the famed ^Black Hole," 

Whose cursed walls no more the Earth pollute,. 

But still the "genius loci" haunts the soul, 

And breathes a lesson eloquent though mute 

Of bodily and mental pangs endured 

By those within that dungeon once immured. 

LXVIII. 

The mem'ry of that dark and monstrous crime 
A moral lesson fraught with good conveys 

To us who govern at the present time 

O'er India's wide -spread realms ; it clearly says,. 

(And by its precepts may we e'er abide) 

»Let Mercy's sacred rules your counsels guide." 

LXIX. 

t might discourse of Dacca where I've stray'd 

Through lone deserted streets with grass o'ergrowr- 

By which a striking moral is convey'd, 

For Paisley's busy weavers have o'erthrown 

This ancient city by the aid of Steam ; 

A fate of which its Nawabs ne'er could dream-. 

LXX. 

Its mosques and caravansaries of old 

In sad and rank confusion prostrate lie, 

And seem to whisper as "a tale that's told," 
Our ancient grandeur could no longer vie 

With that invincible tho' peaceful pow'r, 

Which nearly rules Earth's surface at this hour.. 



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lxxl 

Or say on Brahmapoutva's tide I've sailed, 

Whose stream in magnitude to few will yield, 

And tell that from the Ganges I have hail'd 
That memorable spot called Plassy's field, 

Where vict'ry gain'd by Clive's advent'rous bands 

Placed India's fertile regions in our hands, 

LXXIL 

Or speak a few brief words of Moorsh'dabad, 

(Another seat of pow'r in days of old), 
Where sons of those who once the )) musnud w had 

Are still allow'd a so-called sway to hold, 
Altho' since we disburse their store of pelf, 
We've virtually placed them on the shelf. 

LXXIII. 

But then the entertainment of the thought, 

That all those scenes of Eastern pomp and pride, 

Which once prevail'd there, have been brought to naugh' 
And like to worn-out garments cast aside, 

Might form the ground-work for a touch of spleen ; 

So if the reader wills I'll shift the scene. 

LXXIV. 

A brisk Monsoon distends each flowing sail 

Whilst o'er the briny deep we glide once more. 

And soon with glad and thankful eyes we hail 

The num'rous palms which line Malaya's shore. 

Whose lofty stems as giant sentries stand 

To guard from hostile foot that fairy land. 



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LXXV. 

'Tis Noon— what varied tints of light and shade 
The dazzling sun upon the forests flings, 

Those woods in all their verdant pomp array'd, 
For here the annual course of seasons brings 

No fall of leaf as 'neath our colder sky, 

Where Winter's icy touch leaves branches dry. 

LXXVI. 

He only who has felt Sol's ardent rays 

Where 'neath the Tropics they more fiercely gleam. 
Can fitly estimate the scorching blaze, 

Which in those climes attends his noontide beam, 
Or well believe the oft-times fatal pow'r, 
Which he exhibits at that trying hour. 

LXXVII. 

Beneath the tall bamboo or giant palm 

The panting cattle gladly seek the shade, 

A close, oppressive, almost stifling calm 

Seems with its pow'r all Nature to pervade ; 

Within the jungle, o'er the parch'd up plains, 

Both far and near a deathlike stillness reigns. 

LXXVJIL 

But hark ! a still small sound pervades the air. 
Far distant lightnings flash upon the sight, 

Anon they dazzle with their vivid glare, 

Whilst crashing thunder-peals the mind affright ; 

In drenching torrents fall the welcome rains 

In drops refreshing to the thirsty plains. 



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LXX1X. 

As do the fructifying streams of Nile 

Each year desert their bed to flood the land, 

Thus causing Egypt's ancient soil to smile 
With golden-color'd crops on ev'ry hand, 

So India's rivers at th' accustom 'd time 

Clothe her parch'd fields with renovating slime. 

LXXX. 

Throughout the regions of the glowing East, 
Where Nature seems in fair array to smile, 

No spot for beauty, to my thoughts at least, 
Surpasses thee Pinang's enchanting isle ; 

Throughout the East ! that were a narrow field, 

The wide-spread World could scarce a rival yield* 

LXXXI. 

Thy hills and dells form one continued grove, 
Where Flora does in all her glory reign, 

Whilst the rich mangostan, the nutmeg, clove, 
Pomona's claims to sov'reignty maintain : 

5 T were hard to choose when two such beauties vie 

To charm the palate or delight the eye. 

LXXXII. 

The lofty sails enfold the taper mast 

And idly flap to chide the treach'rous wind, 

Until Malacca's beauteous straits are past, 
And hot Sumatra's shores are left behind ; 

Whilst 'neath the vessel's prow when falls the Night, 

E ach ripple breaks in bright phosphoric light. 



LXXXIII. 

What varied thoughts within the mind arise, 

When, winding'mid fair isles her tortuous way,. 

The vessel's course presents before your eyes 

The scene which Singapoura's roads display t 

What flatt'ring contrast does this late-born child 

Of Commerce offer to the neighb'ring wild ! 

LXXXIV. 

Raffles ! thy lib'ral and enlighten'd mind 

Suggested first this neutral trading-ground, 

That men might here a seat of barter find 

By barb'rous fiscal laws no longer bound ; 

And to the prudent wisdom of thy choice 

Its crowded port speaks with triumphant voice. 

LXXXV. 

Sway'd on their lengthy voy'ge by dext'rous helms, 
And 'scaped the dangers of the foaming seas, 

The various barques from Europe's distant realms 
Here give their motley colors to the breeze, 

Whilst safely anchor'd near Arabia's 'Mow,** 

Float China's junk and th' island trading ^prahu..* 

LXXXVL 

He who that sight observes can never cease 
These grand results of Industry t' admire ; 

These are thy glorious triumphs heav'nly Peace, • 
No share in these had War's destructive fire; 

Ah ! would that views like these should rule the World,. 

And War's grim giant from his throne were hurl'd. 



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LXXXVII. 

Adieu ! Malaya's bright and sunny land, 

Since last they touch'd thy shores my wand' ring feet 
Have trod the soil of many a distant strand, 

But 'midst them all not one has seem'd to greet 
My first approach with such bewitching smiles, 
As thy e'er verdant coasts and neighb'ring isles. 

LXXXVIII. 

He who is voy'ging on the China Seas 

When the revolving year is on the wane, 

Possesses not a bosom well at ease, - 

For at such times Ty-foongs are wont to reign 

Throughout their bounds; /know their awful force, 

But will not of such matters here discourse. 

LXXXIX. 

For since a voy'ge at sea is dry enough, 

Despite the wat'ry waste o'er which you sail, 

And we met not with tempests very rough, 
With storms I will not interlard my tale, 

But beg my reader will so courteous be 

As to suppose we pass'd some days at sea , 

XC. 

The num'rous vessels which we now descry, 

Whose crews against the Ocean's inmates arm 

Th' ensnaring net, proclaim some region nigh, 

Whose soil with myriads of our kind must swarm v, 

Conclusion just, we're now about t' arrive 

Upon the skirts of China's busy hive. 



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XCI. 

Here did a politic and wily race 

Long stand aloof from the remaining Earth, 
A nation which with reason seems to trace 

To such remote antiquity its birth, 
That its more modern sages breath'd and thought, 
Ere Rome convuls'd the world or Athens taught. 

XCII. 

This tribe unique a certain height attain'd 

Upon the social scale, there made a pause, 

And then, as now, the selfsame forms retain'd, 
The like prevailing habits, customs, laws. 

When Ilion's wall to overthrow was doom'd, 

Or lava's crust Pompeii's streets entomb'd. 

xciii. 

What novel scenes and objects meet the eye 

On ev'ry hand in thy strait lanes, Quang-tong ! 

The stranger's mind is tempted to deny 
That men or city to our Earth belong, 

And shares a doubt that on his passage here 

He has been wafted to some other sphere. 

XCIV. 

Through Europe's crowded cities if we range, 
In each some novelties our eyes assail, 

But tho' we note both scenes and customs strange, 
Some grand connecting links we ever hail ; 

Whilst no such friendly sign our vision greets 

Throughout Quang-tong's confined and crowded streets. 



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xcv. 

Strange are its shops and houses — strange, the men — 

Strange their long pig-tails — strange their air and dress- 
Strange the strait alleys in this human den — 

Strange the dense throngs which through them ever press- 
Strange is the language heard around you here, 
Whose monosyllables offend the ear. 

XCVL 

Strange are the cats and dogs exposed for sale 

In wicker baskets open to the view, 
On seeing them one feels inclined to rail 

Against such )} entremets* to us quite new : 
And yet the only comment thereupon 
Admissible, is that )} de gustfbus non." 

XCVII. 

With head completely shorn if we except 

The lengthy "queue** which from its crown depends, 
And with the greatest care in order kept 

Behind his back in tortuous folds descends, 
Broad, yellow face, oblique yet piercing eye, 
China's shrewd son attracts the passer-by. 

XCVIII. 
Of "sombre* color is his wide-sleeved vest, 

Long nails his hands and square-toed shoon his feet 
Disfigure, whilst his nether limbs t' invest 

His hosen loosely girt th' attention greet : 
A silken scull-cap and a paper fan 
Complete the portrait of his "outer" man. 



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XCIX. 

Slight is the difference which the garb displays,. 

(At least it seems so to the stranger's eyes,) 
Which shields fair Woman from th' unholy gaze, 

And mars her figure with its quaint disguise ;. 
Unless the dwarf-like slippers we except, 
By which her tortured feet from view are kept. 

C. 

Alas ! vain-glorious Man for aye at war 

With Nature's precepts, fails not to exert 

His feeble pow'rs her choicest gifts to mar, 

And o'er her bounds a fancied rule t' assert : 

What senseless arts his pride and lust combine 

To square to rule the human form divine. 

CI. 

In some rude lands too round is deem'd the scull, 
Man straightway hastes its figure to remould ; 

In some styled civilized the waist's too full, 
Restraining bonds its volume soon enfold : 

Here skin or teeth, there nose, complexion, eyes, 

With busy care he hastens to revise. 

CIL 

O monstrous fool I and whilst thou thus canst find 
Food for thy censure in the paltry clay, 

To furbish up the chambers of the mind 

Canst thou not likewise some faint thought display V 

Paint,. if thou wilt, the outer case of 'delf,' 

But pray remember too thine inner self. 



cm. 

Coming events their forward shadows fling, 
And in this age of progress and of change 

China no more to worn-out rules can cling, 

But with their fellow-men her sons must range ; 

The change alas ! is bought at cost of blood, 

(,A fearful price) but yet 'tis fraught with good. 

CIV. 

Britain! blest isle, to thee t'would seem is giv'n 

The key of Destiny o'er other lands, 
And that it is the high behest of Heav'n 

That with the wars committed to thy hands 
The arts of peace are wafted from thy shore, 
Distinguish'd thus thy sway from all before.. 

CV. 

Far be it from my mind one word to pen, 

Which for a moment would suggest the thought 

That might gives right of rule o'er other men, 

And that their prior rights should stand for naught ; 

Nor for an instant be 't my senseless aim 

To sanction war when solely waged for fame. 

CVL 

A higher train of thought pervades my breast, 

When pond'ring o'er this theme which offers food 

For deep reflection ; that the strife at rest 
May prove the herald of enduring good, 

And that this tribe freed from Restriction's ban,, 

May enter now the common pale of Man. 



cvn. 

Mysterious are the ways and will of Him 
Who ruleth all things, and to us is giv'n 

To see but darkly, as with vision dim. 

Time's onward course ; — but those strong fetters riv'n. 

Which bound this num'rous throng to Custom's car, 

Knowledge and Truth will enter from afar ; 

CVIII. 

And cause them first to scorn and then reject 
Their senseless idols, soon to re-arrange 

Their cruel laws, their habits ill correct, 

And put a period to their customs strange ; 

Dark ills which haunt the 'inner land' shall cease, 

Supplanting them Religion, Virtue, Peace. 

CIX. 

Blow, fav'ring breeze— from China's far famed shore 
And thronged industrious marts we must away, 

Intent those fertile islands to explore 

O'er which Spain's feeble sceptre still holds sway j 

Spain widely ruling once, tho' now her soil 

Echoes the furious shout of civil broil. 

CX. 
Nature has o'er these isles her blessings poured, 

Their bounteous soil does endless wealth enfold, 
At least as far as yet they've been explored, 

For the plain truth, tho' shameful, must be told, 
Whilst Spain so long this mine of wealth has kept 
Her satraps on their posts have soundly slept, 



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CXI. 

And were it not that swarms continual throng 

From busy China to Manila's mart, 
To toil and till its teeming fields— ere long 

Commerce and Culture would alike depart ; 
For few the sons of Spain who would exert 
Their pow'rs of mind such evils to avert. 

CXII. 

And whilst to till these rich and fertile lands, 
Which well indeed the care bestow 'd repay, 

The task's committed to the stranger r s hands, 
Across the seas their products to convey 

Appears the foreign barque, for feeble Spain 

Does trifling commerce with these isles maintain. 

CXIII. 

Here dark Intolerance erects her head, 

O'er-ruling opposition by the fear 
Of that infernal tyrant long thought dead, 

Though in good truth he only slumbers here, 
Hight ."Holy Office, w aiming to control 
That noblest part of Man his deathless soul. 

CXIV. 

What mad presumption ! — that a fellow-worm 

Should arm himself with this most monstrous pow'r. 

Claiming some right and title to perform 

The part of umpire o'er Devotion's hour, 

And feigning one sole pathway to be trod 

By those who are inclined to seek their God. 

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cxv. 

With Spain in power o'er these isles to share 
Appears a sable skinn'd and barb'rous race,, 

Whose dusky hue, flat features, curling hair, 
Would seem their birth to Africa to trace ; 

Midst forests dense intent themselves to hide 

These island "aborigines') abide. 

CXVI. 

Vain, empty Man with stubborn pride persists 
In claiming rank above the 'lower' kind, 

But where this super-excellence exists, 

Where this so great distinction we should find 

In many corners of this earthly sphere, 

•Twould sorely puzzle Man to render clear. 

CXVII. 

And yet there is a broad, distinctive shade 
Betwixt the human and the bestial race, 

Bound'ries 'yond which these last can ne'er invade, 
Limits defined which they can ne'er efface ; 

And this most sacred Truth let none deny, — 

'Tis that immortal soul which ne'er shall die. 

CXVIII. 
Yet ne'ertheless if we attention turn 

To those dumb creatures which we class as "brute; )} 
We may full many a moral lesson learn, 

Con many a rule our wisdom to confute ; 
What valued precepts may we not derive 
From busy ants, or bees in social hive. 



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CXIX. 

How eloquent is their enacted speech 

Of Order, Industry, the Common Weal, 
With what persuasion does their foresight teach 

Some int'rest in the Future's hours to feel : 
No licensed robbers there the weak to spoil, 
No drones to fatten on their brethren's toil. 

cxx. 

Compeli'd to quit in haste the ardent East 

In search of that which oft-times we contemn 

/ s thing of little worth, and value least 

When most possess'd — Health's bright and priceless gem- 

The 'wand'rer' here suspends a while his tale, 

And o'er its ill-form'd sketches draws the veil 



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EAST AND WEST. 



/f^ff/^AW- 



Canto the Secon s d 



I. 

What startling changes o'er the world have been 
Since from Magellan's bold, exploring prow 

Thy tempest- riven visage first was seen 

Cape Horn — Good Hope's twin Ocean-bulwark thou :-** 

Nations have ris'n and flourish'd to decay, 

Whilst thou— as then— -remain'st unscathed to-day. 

II. 

Tow'rds HeavVs high arch their rugged snow-crown'd heads 

The giant members of the Andes rear, 
E'en as at first — whilst in their stony beds 

Still course those mountain-torrents year by year ; 
But those who o'er these lands held sov'reign sway, 
Caciques — ancient Incas— where are they ? 



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III. 

All, all are gone— and that fierce, stubborn pow'r 
Which mark'd with tyranny her onward course 

And boldly strutted here her petty hour, 

Has left those regions too expell'd by force ; 

And ah ! too long with civil broils have rung 

The various States from Spain's dominion sprung. 

IV. 

Canning ! thy lofty genius did create 

These infant members of the modern world, 

Extending Britain's hand to each young State 

Which had its tyrants from its confines hurl'd ; 

Thou didst that spirit foster and maintain 

Which crushed the odious yoke of tyrant Spain, 

V. 

And though as yet amongst them has prevail'd 

The murd'rous uproar caused by Faction's cry-, 

And their young Freedom has been oft assail' d 
By men intent their selfish views to try, 

Their rise is sure — their horoscope was cast 

'Mid scenes of blood, yet Peace will reign at last. 

VI. 

O gentle Peace ! would that the hour were come 
When Men intent thy maxims to obey, 

Shall hate the squeaking fife and rattling drum 
And scorn the glitt'ring pomp of War's array : 

The glitt'ring pomp ! accursed, bitter mock 

Of those sad scenes which wait on Battle's shock. 



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VII. 

Cast in the balance so-eall'd Glory, Fame> 
All baubles which the warrior highly rates, 

Pile high the trophies gain'd in War's fierce game,— 
You see they prove ^deceitful on the weights ; ]) 

Nay, lordly Man, intent the beam to sway 

Enter the scale thyself thou thing of clay. 

VIII. 

Vain is the task, — a chief commands to-day 
Who leads the nations by a diff'rent rule, 

A bitter enemy to strife and fray 

Hight Knowledge — Captain of the modern school ; 

Henceforth the Earth will not so oft be dyed 

Merely to please some whim of princely pride. 

IX. 

Nations believe not now that they were made 

Blindly to follow each imperious nod 
Which bids them yield themselves to War's sharp blade 

And as their rulers will to kiss the rod ; 
From long lethargic sleep aroused at length 
The People have been taught their proper strength. 

X. 

The People !— -since that short, expressive word 

In many lexicons is quite unknown, 
I would a little time and space afford 

Until I have its proper reading shown 
And duly noted here that meaning's force ; 
The People—Power's only lawful source. 



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XI. 

Small heed, alas ! is to that reading giv'n 

In many States which bear Republic's name. 

Where o'er the People's neqksthe strong have driv'n 
The gilded car of Power with the same 

Cold-blooded unconcern, as in those realms 

Where by their >> right divine^ Kings guide the helms, 

XII. 

Chile ! with grateful feelings I record 

Thy bright example T >vith my feeble hand, 

Thy course a better prospect does afford 

Of peace and socialorder, and does stand 

In bold 'relief from out the dark back-ground 

Which shades from view thy sister States around. 

XIII. 

Bound by the rugged Andes thy bold coast 

A barren prospect offers to the view, 
And tho' of fertile valleys thou canst boast 

Thy gifts from Nature's hand are wondrous few, 
At least upon the surface of the ground, 
Beneath thy stinted soil rich mines abound, 

XIV, 

As yet thy population too is scant, 

Tho' thy wise rulers anxious to apply 
A remedy to this most serious want, 

Have call'd beneath thy heav'nly clime and sky 
Peasants from other lands thy crops to raise ; 
A step deserving of the highest praise. 



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XV. 
Encouraged by thy prudence cautious Trade 

Has pour'd upon thy land a lib'ral share 
Of her choice gifts ; and thy advances made 

In this respect, are quite beyond compare 
With all the other States which skirt that shore 
Whose echoes answer the Pacific's roar. 

XVI. 

Yes, fertile as I've said are thy fair vales 

And healthful is thy mild, benignant clime, 

But still on all thy sea-board there prevails 

A dread chastising scourge from time to time. 

Which sweeps before it with resistless pow'r 

Man's labours of an Age in one brief hour. 

XVII. 

"Tis ardent Noon o'er Talcahuano's bay, 

The mimic waves scarce murmur on its shores, 

With scorching heat the glorious orb of Day 
Upon the Earth his golden radiance pours, 

The wind is hush'd — a close, oppressive calm 

Against some evil near forewarns to arm. 

XVIII. 

The sea-birds join their squadrons on the shore 
And tow'rds the Ocean wing their rapid flight, 

M an's brute companions seek his hand no more 
But hurry here and there in wild affright, 

E'en faithful watch-dogs seek to gain the hills, 

Whilst ev'ry ear their mournful haying fills. 



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XIX. 

§tamc secret cause of dread pervades each mind, 

Beneath its weight Man's once proud heart is crush'd, 
O God ! that awful sound of pent-up wind 

As tho' Destruction's Angel past one rush'd, 
A noise like that of wheels or muffled drums, 
And on its mighty wings the Earthquake comes. 

XX. 

Earth's once firm surface staggers to and fro 1 , 

And here and there in gaping chasms is riv'n, 
Whilst topple to their total overthrow 

The loftiest tow'rs from their foundations driv'n ; 
Behold ! to gain the hills the people flee, 
Their agonizing cry the Sea ! — the Sea l\ 

XXI. 

A fearful cause, alas ! that cry inspired 

And did to this dread scene new terrors lend, 

The Ocean from its basin has retired ! 

O horror ! tow'rds those isles your vision bend* 

The mighty waters form a giant wall 

Approaching fast upon the town to fall. 

XXII. 

'T has fall'n— no need that it should fall again, 
Too well it has perform'd Destruction's task, 

No vestiges of house or street remain, 

All lie conceal'd beneath that wat'ry mask ; 

Those 'scaped from falling house unscathed in limb, 

Fpon its tide as blackea'd corses swim. 



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XXIII. 

The various barques late anchor'd in the bay, 

Which 'gainst the sky display'd each taper mast, 

Are from their heavy anchors torn away 

And by that monstrous wave together cagt ; 

Its impulse ceases, and their hulls remain 

Where late the lowing cattle grazed the plain. 

XXIV. 

Some days elapse— the boldest hearts now dare 
To tread that surface which the sea gives back, 

Upon each visage seated blank despair 

To view that horrid soene of woe and 'wrack ;' 

The timid now descend their fears gone by, 

And all to form new homes their strength apply. 

XXV. 

A more enchanting and romantic spot 

Than that where Santiago's city stands, 

It never yet has fallen to my lot 

To witness in my course through many lands, 

Who can the scene from }) San CristovaP* view 

And not acknowledge my assertion true. 

XXVI. 

Around the city's skirts a plain expands 

Smiling with vineyards in the fair sunlight, 

Whilst ev'ry tow'r within its precincts stands 
In bold )} relief, }) from out a sky so bright 

That not e'en Italy can bring to view 

A summer sky of more cerulean hue. 



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XXVII. 

And in the distance tho' their height and size 
Persuade the eye that they are not remote, 

The Cordillera's snowy summits rise 

So rugged and severe one seems to note 

On each stern frontispiece a wish t' efface 

Man's pigmy city at their giant base. 

XXVIII. 

'Jrand are the Alameda's lofty rows 

Of verdant poplars— grand the ' Tajamar'— 

Pleasant the gurgling stream which ever flows 
Cooling the heated air and hurrying far 

Offensive matters from each sev'ral street, 

Which as their centre in the ' Plaza' meet. 

XXIX. 

And fair and lovely here is that dear sex 

Whose fond persuasion soothes Man's rugged heart, 

And with their pretty coquetry they vex 
As well in this as any other part 

Of lower Earth — but this is dang'rous ground — 

God bless them all where'er they may be found. 

XXX. 

Away, away, once more the passion rules 

Which prompts to change of scene from time to time, 
Bring forth the steeds, equip the patient mules, 

For now our destined path conducts to climb 
The lofty peaks of Andes, capp'd with snows 
Whose earliest date of fall no mortal knows- 



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XXXI. 

Wondrous are all God's works— but 'midst the whole 
None are with such dread majesty endow'd 

Or with like silent awe pervade the soul, 

As mountain-pe-iks which soar above each cloud : 

Approach vain -glorious Man and own at length 

The puny weakness of thy boasted strength. 

XXXII. 
Oh I 'tis a sight terrific and sublime 

To gaze upon those giants of our world, 
How calmly they have braved the touch of Time 

Which has from life to death in myriads hurl'd 
Man's feeble race : — beyond description grand 
Those vast and tow'ring peaks before you stand. 

XXXIII. 
Thoughts of our utter nothingness pervade 

The grave, reflecting breast, when fix'd the eye 
Upon those mountain- pinnacles arrayed 

In silent pomp against the azure sky ; 
The haughtiest minds confess the chast'ning rod 
And humbly bow themselves to Nature's God. 

XXXIV. 

Save the majestic condor hov'ring near 

Upon those summits naught of life is found, 

Whilst not the smallest sound salutes the ear, 
But blank, appalling silence reigns around — 

And as yon cross the beds of frozen snow 

More startling still that silence seems to grow. 



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XXXV. 

Alas! for him by tempest here o'erta'en, 

Who traveling late amidst these realms of snow 

"When Winter has commenced its cruel reign, 
Is doom'd a ling'ring death to undergo ; 

What bitter anguish must pervade his mind, 

What thoughts of friends and comforts left behind. 

XXXVL 

What torture his when raised his closing eyes 
No cheering prospects of escape appear, 

And hi3 fast- failing, anxious gaze espies 
No sign to intimate that help is'near ; 

What horror ! when the fast-increasing drift 

Continues round his form its walls to lift. 

XXXVII. 

Upon my Memory's tablets long will dwell 

The strongly-mark'd impression there received, 

When, cross'd the ridge, within a narrow dell 
Hard by our miscall 'd roadway we perceived 

An humble crucifix to mark the spot 

Where such had proved some former traveler's lot. 

XXXVIII. 

The mountain torrents by their fall impell'd 

To a velocity which thought defies, 
Are from the boundless snow-beds ever swelPd, 

And with a sullen roar which speech denies 
Roll giant stones amidst their foam and spray 
Whilst through the living rock they cut their wav. 

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XXXIX, 

A glance upon its current would o'errule 

Your Reason's seat whilst in the torrent's bed, 

Draw not your rein — your sure, sagacious mule 
Requires not human guidance here to tread — 

One falt'ring step and man and beast were lost, 

A shudder — plunge — and rise — and you have cross'd. 

XL. 

A. narrow vale through which we wound our way, 

Enabled us some faint idea to form 
Of the wild uproar which these hills display, 

When the terrific Spirit of the Storm 
Walks madly here in all his giant force, 
And tracks with havoc his appalling course. 

XLI. 

Upon the soil huge rocks lay strew'd around, 

Hurl'd from the frowning heights on either side, 

Whilst the uneven surface of the ground 

Was plough'd with crevices both deep and wide, 

And all that valley's bounds were black and bare 

As though a water-spout had fallen there, 

XLII. 

We pass'd that dismal vale in daylight's hour, 
E'en then its gloomy horrors fill'd our minds, 

What must these be when felt the Tempest's pow'r, 
When Lightning's vivid glare the vision blinds, 

When Thunder's awful peals its confines fill, 

Their deaf'ning crash return'd from hill to hill : 



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XLI1I. 

When, fed by rain, the gullies downward pour 
Their thousand cataracts 'mid foam and mist, 

Whilst meeting winds contend with boist'rous roar 
As though each would on mastery insist, 

And over all is cast Night's sable veil :— 

Before that scene the stoutest heart would quail. 

XLIV. 

One night — it was a night serenely fair — 

Upon the ground we form'd our welcome bed, 

Whilst not a breath of wind disturb'd the air, 

Through whose transparent veil Night's crescent shed 

Her calm, cold lustre o'er the little plain, 

From which you climb Portillo's pass to gain. 

XLV. 

The lofty peaks of Andes ranged around, 

Were bathed in liquid beams of ambient light, 

Each boldly-jutting crag and snow-capp'd mound 
Shining like silver to th' enraptured sight ; 

Befitting words are wanting to express 

The scene as view'd in that enchanting dress : 

XL VI. 

Or to convey the holy sense of calm 

Which stealing o'er us did each breast pervade, 
Acting upon the spirit as a balm 

To heal the rankling wounds within it made 
Whilst dwelling in that den of passions vile, 
The lower world which we had left ere while. 



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XLVII. 

Here far above the petty oares of Earth 

Breathing a thrice pure atmosphere we stood,. 

Where no ambitious projects have their birth, 
No human savage sheds his brother's blood, 

Upon a spot where Lust's dominions cease, 

And w T here, by Man abjured, still lingers Peace. 

XL VIII. 

The foll'wing morn at day-break's charming hour 
A scene display'd itself before our eyes, 

Which far exceeds the pen's descriptive pow'r 
And Painting's feeble art as much defies, 

For vain both Artist's brush and Poet's plume. 

Which to depict its beauties should presume, 

XLIX. 

The rising orb of Day its earliest light 

Upon the loftiest snow-crown'd summits threw 
Which laid aside their robe of spotless white 

To don a garment of a roseate hue, 
Whilst lower peaks and vales their shadows kept, 
And in the •'sombre* garb of darkness slept. 

L. 

Slowly and by degrees th* increasing rays 

O'er objects far and near themselves diffused, 

Until the Sun with warm and vivid blaze 
Had over all his golden light suffused, 

And by th' intenseness of his beams reveal'd 

Whate'er the darkness had thus far conceal'd. 



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The two- fold summits cross'd we wound our way 
Through an expanding valley's tortuous, course, 

And Nature here has treated to display 

Her wondrous charms in all their grandeur's force ; 

Deaf beyond hope of cure must be that ear 

Which does not catch her magic music here. 

LII. 

Death— horror— desolation reign'd around 

Whilst o'er those frowning steeps we forced our way f 
And now with pleasure did our hearts rebound 

When we discern'd some humble flow'rets gay 
Upon a torrent's banks, whose waters roar'd 
Betwixt those hills which o'er our pathway soar'd. 

LIIL 

It seem'd that we for years had bid adieu 

To all that we before had known as Earth. 

And here were ent'ring on her realms anew, 
Experiencing a kind of second birth ; 

For long in retrospect appear'd the time 

Since we commenced those awful steeps to climb. 

LIV. 

Still on — the vale grew wider and less stern, 

Till our abrupt, tho' winding pathway gains 

A point of view from which we can discern 

The wide expanse which forms Mendoza's plains ; 

And 'midst a furious storm against us hurl'd 

We pass'd those gates 'twixt Man's and Nature's world. 

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LV. 

Brief period in Mendoza we abode, 

Too anxious to pursue our forward way, 

For though we had those giant peaks o'erstrode,.. 
Our yet remaining lengthy journey lay 

For many a league o'er that enormous plain, 

By crossing which La Plata's shores you gain. 

LVI. 
Here, left each faithful steed and patient mule, 

We did their carrying offices exchange 
For a conveyance which "the roast would rule 

E'en in "Hyde Park," as coach of form most strange ; 
And rare, I ween, the thing of carriage kind 
Which 'midst that bustling throng would gazers find. 

LVII. 

Some limping stanzas of my verse declare 

To that deep silence which its rule maintains 

Amidst the Cordillera's summits bare ; 

But when on these so.seeming endless plains, 

More novel and impressive still is found 

This utter absence of external sound. 

LVIII. 
Well do we know when some prevailing cause 

To Man an outward faculty denies, 
Nature's benignant, all-providing laws 

Supply the "vacuum" by arrangement wise,. 
Thus the ''unfortunates" deprived of sight, 
in sounds harmonious ever take delight. 



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LIX. 

And on this principle I would explain, 

Why the wrapt stillness on each tow' ring height 

Less vivid impress caus'd upon the brain 

Than on these trackless plains; — whilst there the sight 

Within its range could num'rous forms descry, 

Here nothing met our view but Earth and Sky. 

LX. 

And boundless was the prospect — as at sea 

The vast horizon merges in the waves, 
So here nor living thing, nor hill, nor tree 

Upon your course the eye's attention craves, 
Unless a timid deer should meet the sight, 
Or ostrich scudding with the speed of light 

LXI. 

Methought that when the waters of the deep 
Had at the gen'ral Deluge burst each bound, 

O'ertopping ev'ry hill and giant steep 

Until the Cordillera's peaks were drown'd, 

And having thus produced the end desired, 

To seek their former limits back retired : 

LXII. 

The vast, collected wave had rolPd its course 

Across the surface of this mighty plain, 
And sweeping onwards with resistless force 

Had by this channel found its bed again ; 
So smooth and even is this 'prairie' ground, 
Where not the smallest pebble may be found. 



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LXIII, 

And all the surface of this level land 

Is with an ever- verdant carpet spread, 

Due solely to kind Nature's bounteous hand, 

For rare the human foot which here does tread ; 

It seem'd to me that all of cattle kind 

Which Earth contains, might here their pasture find. 

LXIV. 

On first reflection we can scarce explain 

Why, when long-settled countries o'erabound 

With human life, upon this desert plain 
A scarcity—nay, utter want — is found, 

But after-thought an argument supplies 

Which bids us own herein arrangement wise. 

LXV. 

Too oft, alas ! those enterprising bands 

Which have their homes and native country left. 
To seek that sustenance in barb'rous lands 

Of which they were on their own soil bereft, 
'Mid scenes of crime and bloodshed have expell'd 
Those who the new-found land had thereto held. 

LXVI. 

A long, a harr'wing, yet instructive page 

Might on this weighty subject here be read, 

But rare these slaughters in the present Age, 
And 'tis not my intention here to tread 

Back in the footsteps of those by-gone times, 

Or open out their catalogue of crimes. 



4§ 

LXVIL 

-But to my former stanzas to revert, 

(And well the subject does our thoughts demand,) 
Whene'er fresh, colonizing swarms desert 

Their native homes to seek a foreign strand, 
'Tis uelJ they find the land of people clear — 
No need to thin the population here ! 

LXVIII. 
Far on the blue horizon we can trace 

An object in "relief * against the sfcy. 
And as we clear the intervening space 

We better can its character descry^ 
And find we have presented to our view 
A "pampas" fort of kind to us quite new. 

LXIX. 
Tall "cactus** shrubs arranged in two-fold rows, 

(Round which is dug a ditch both deep and wide.) 
A given portion of the plain enclose. 

Within whose space the peasantry reside ; 
Another like enclosure skirts one end, 
In which their flocks and herds are nightly peniv'd. 

LXX. 

Without such measure of precaution ta'en, 

The peasantry of ev'ry aid bereft, 
No longer could this border-ground maintain, 

Thus at the mercy of the Indians left, 
AVho often o'er the neighb'ring bound'ries ride, 
And scatter devastation far and wide. 

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LXXL. 

What wonder that these children of the soil 

Should in this form their fierce revenge display. 

And strive to render back 'midst blood and spoil. 
Their barb'rous treatment at a former day, 

When Spain enacted in a higher grade, 

Those horrors which attend an Indian ^raid.* 

LXXII. 

And rare the w pale-face w whom his evil chance 
Across the path of these stern foes has thrown, 

Who has escaped the vengeance of their lance ; 

Although at times they have compassion shown,. 

When men of rank or wealth have offers made 
Of ransom for their safety to be paid. 

LXXIII. 

Upon our route we cross'd a small ravine, 
Which at a recent period, we were told, 

Had form'd the field of action of a scene 

Whose bare recital makes the blood ru.i cold • 

In truth few tales of horror can exceed 

The cruel sternness of that savage deed. 

LXX1V. 
Across the plains a party in a coach 

Were journeying, and at the close of day 
They chanced the borders of this dell t' approach, 

Where by a stream some Indian warriors lay ; 
To overwhelming numbers forced to yield, 
The Indians rested masters of the field. 



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LXXV. 

The travelers with their foes a compact made, 

That for the party ransom to obtain 
One should depart, but till 'twas duly paid 

His wife with various others should remain ; 
Unfortunates ! amidst that horrid file 
What anguish must have wrung their breasts the while. 

LXXVI. 

Days must elapse before the wish'd relief 

Could reach the spot, and since to weep were vain, 

The lady's gentleness so sooth'd the chief, 

That feelings almost friendly 'gan to reign 

Amongst the whole; when, lo ! the watchful spies 

Of military near at hand apprise. 

LXXVIL 

With savage fury scowl'd each Indian's brow^ 

Whilst thoughts of vengeance 'gan their breasts to fill. 

Alas ! no succour for that party now, 

Their captors' quick resolve was all to kill, 

Convinced that they were play'd some treach'rous game, 

As whose result this force upon them came, 

LXXVIII. 

The hapless husband shortly too appear'd, 

The stipulated price of freedom found, 
But that fair, tender form to him endear'd, 

O, horror ! now lay mangled on the ground : 
What tongue can utter, or what language show 
His crushing sense of agony and woe % 



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LXXIX. 

One of my past assertions ought to be 

With certain measure of exception ta'en, 

'Tis that which intimates that not a tree 

Adorns the surface of this 'monster' plain ; 

The truth is this, tho' trees do not abound, 

A straggling wood may here and there be found. 

LXXX. 

Invoking to your presence Fancy's aid, 
And waking Memory, an English park 

Is on the like occasions straight displayed, 

With the chief features which its scenery mark : 

I mean those shady clumps of trees which stand 

In picturesque disorder o'er the land, 

LXXXI. 

From hence did flocks of paroquets salute 

Our ears with harsh and unmelodious scream,. 

And long accustom'd now to regions mute 

The sound to us did almost startling seem : 

o 

But here I would a trifling moment halt, 
Fearing to lead my readers into fault. 

LXXXIL 
For well I know that many folks who read 

Of paroquets, will straightway understand 
That where such birds inhabit must of need 

Be some bright, sunny, almost fairy land, 
Stock' d with strange trees — the plantain or the palm- 
With other attributes of climates warm. 



LXXXUI. 

A'nd thus opining in the present case 

He would into a grievous error fall, . 
Which 'tis rny present purpose to erase, 

No tropic features mark this scene at all, 
Unless they be a bright, cerulean sky, 
And the abovenamed birds which chatt'ring fly* 

LXXXIV. 
What contrast do the muddy streams which flaw 

With sluggish current through this verdant plain, 
Form to those torrents which the Andes owe, 

Whose boist'rous force to picture words were vain ; 
Yet from -this broad assertion one yclept 
The 'Rio Cuarto' I would here except. 

LXXXV. 

For whilst the 'Pampas' rivers use to creep 

With lazy tide 'twixt banks both low and drear, 

A rapid stream with borders high and steep 

Was that which flash *d upon our vision here : 

Tired of the wide-spread flats no eye can fail 

Its broken, wooded shores with joy to hail. 

LXXXVL 
A circumstance which threaten'd to present 

An obstacle our progress to debar, 
Forced us to lay aside our first intent 

And seek the borders of the 'Parana,' 

A noble stream whose rapid current smiles 

'Twixt lofty banks and denselv-wooded isles-* 

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LXXXVIT. 

And here I would my narrative suspend, 

Merely in brief parenth'sis to observe, 
The tract of plain o'er which our route did bend 

When from our course we were compell'd to swerve*, 
More num ? rous herds presented to our view> 
Than any other district travell'd through. 

LXXXVIII. 

But to resume, — th' above majestic stream; 

Is full of interest at the present hou^ 
When measures which with future good must teem.. 

Are brought to issue by Great Britain's pow 'r,. 
Resolv'd her merchants should their fortunes try 
In that strange Western China. — Paraguay. 

LXXXIX. 

What weighty motives here themselves display 

To stimulate Man's enterprising mind, 
Ere long his giant vassal 'Steam' its way 

Upon these mighty rivers, too, will find, 
This wondrous water-chain which seems t' invite- 
Our aid the two great Oceans, to unite- 

XC 
Thrice happy we f have fallen on these days, 

Which well we may the 'Age ingenious' call* 
In which Invention such resource displays, 

That no opposing obstacles appal 
Man's active mind, where'er his aim extends,. 
Obedient to his will great Nature bends. 



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XCI. 

And what right-judging bosom does not find 
Matter more fit th' attention to engage, 

In these ennobling triumphs of the Mind 

Which prominently mark the present Age, 

Than in those trophies which the murd'rous sword 

For countless years has striven to afford. 

XCII. 

What are the odious pages writ in blood, 

Whose lecture pains the heart and dims the eye, 

To that rich store of literary food 

Which gentle Learning's hallow'd tomes supply ; 

What, the vain honors of the battle field, 

Compared with those which Art and Science yield. 

XCIII. 
O! when will Man abjure War's murd'rous brands 

And cease from ofFthe Earth his kind to slay, 
Reflecting that such wide-extended lands, 

Waste and uncultured at the present day, 
Afford in this the 'New World' ample space 
For unborn myriads of the human race. 

XCIV. 

And apropos of that expression. 'New, 5 
The speculators on our Planet's age,. 

Have lately had presented to their view 

Some facts most apt th' attention to engage,. 

Since from their scope that hemisphere appears 

To be consid'rably advanced in years. 



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xcv. 

la Yucatan as 'tis most widely known, 

Remains of cities vast have been display'd 

To view, around whose ruins trees have grown 
To form a dense, compact and gloomy shade : 

A circumstance which would appear to show 

That they remote antiquity must owe. 

XCVI, 

Here is an antidote to thirst of Fame — 

Reflect that these huge "cities of the dead" 

Are all unknown, and o'er the very name 

Of those who throng'd their streets oblivion shed 

O ! what a blow is here to earthly pride, — • 

We only know they lived — because they died. 

XCVII. 

The late diseov'ry, too, of fossil bones 

Upon La Plata's plains, has caused surprise, 

Since being of a kind which Earth not owns 
Upon her surface now, 'thas given rise 

To "pond'ring much" amongst the folks styled sage, 

As to the New World's veritable age. 

XCVIII. 

How eloquent these lessons are — how apt 
To Man becoming humbleness to teach ! 

For say they not to each these wonders wrapt 
In clouds of myst'ry far beyond our reach, 

Barriers there are which thou canst ne'er o'erthrow 

Teipsurn. nosce— Learn thyself to know r , 



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xcix. 

'My thread is spun —the 'wand'rer's' tale is told — 
A few leagues onward and our gaze descried 

La Plata's broad, majestic stream which rolPd 
On tow'rds the sea its slow and copious tide : 

Alas! its once calm banks of late have been 

The acting-ground of many a battle-scene. 

C. 

One parting word — and be it to our shame- 
In all those countries where my feet have strayed, 

Still have I found Man's selfish heart the same, 
Its fiend-like malice here as there displayed : 

In ev'ry region bounteous Nature smiled, 

Whilst Man on ev'ry hand her works defiled- 



NOTES TO CANTO I. 

Stanza III. — Saint Helen's — a poetical license for Saint Helena's. 

XV. XVI. — Allusion is made in these stanzas to the lamented death- 
of a gentleman, an officer in the Honorable East India Company's 

Service, who was unfortunately killed on board the H. C. S, M 

C , when the latter was entering Bombay harbour, by a shot fired 

from a vessel stationed below the usual anchoriug-ground to enforce 
quarantine regulations, promulgated in consequence of the appearance 
of the plague at some points in the Persian Gulf. — Requiescat in pace. 

XXIV. XXV. — The caves of Eiephanta and those of Ellora are too well known 
to require any more particular allusion to those wonders of Hindu skill 
in the art of sculpture. 

XXXIV. — All honor to Lord William Bentinck for his philanthropic legisla- 
tion wdiilst Governor-General of India, in practically abolishing the 
w Suttee, M or burning of widows, throughout British India. 

L. — He who passes through Garden Reach — a bend of the river Hoogly below 
Calcutta — does not readily forget that beauteous scene. 

LIII. — The Botanical Garden of Government, situated on the banks of the 
Hoogly in Garden Reach, and, at the period referred to, under the able 
superintendence of Dr. Wallich, is one of the finest establishments of 
the kind in the world. The Hindu College is a noble edifice, and de- 
dicated to noble purposes. 

LX.— The Fakeers, or religious mendicants of Hindostan, practise the most 
rigid austerities in accordance with their false creed. 

LXIX. — Amongst other novelties* to be seen at Dacca, is a stud of elephants, 
retained there by the British Government for commissariat purposes. 
At the period of my visit to these stables, there were upwards of two 
hundred of the huge animals in question attached to the stud. 

LXXXVIIL — Ty-foongs — dreadful hurricanes which prevail in the China Sea, 
more particularly at or about the period of the autumnal equinox. 

XCIII. — Generally termed by us Canton— and perhaps with more strict regard 
to orthoepy — Ewang-tung. 

CANTO II. 

II. — Caciques, a word of three syllables. 

XVII. to XXIV.— The great earthquake which a few years since desolated 
Concepcion, in the south of Chile, is already well known. 

XLIV. — The pass called w PortiIlo w is situated at an elevation of twelve thou- 
sand feet above the level of the sea. The Andes, in this part of their 
extension, form a double chain, and the view from the highest point 
attained into the desolate valley intervening between the two ridges 
of the Cordillera, is one of the wildest imaginable. A more apt figuring 
forth of chaotic confusion, it were difficult to conceive. 

IIXXIII. to LXXVIIL— Allusion is here made to an occurrence which had 
place on the large plains which intervene between the city of Buenos 
Ayres and the Cordillera of the Andes. 

X'CVII. — Bones of antediluvian animals are from time to time exhumed in 
the neighbourhood of some of the rivers which traverse the vast plain a 
alluded to above. 



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